| Assignment Makeover Studio by Alan November 20th - 21st March 2017, Melbourne |
| This two day workshop with teams of educators (3 – 7 per team) provides a template to redesign assignments to be more rigorous, more motivating and to support a culture where students take increasing responsibility to own their learning. Much of this work is based on Alan's New York Times best selling book, "Who Owns the Learning". It also draws on work we have developed called the First Five Days of School. In this model, teachers begin the school year by front-loading skills that can pay off all year such as teaching students how to ask questions. The design template is based on six questions that are designed to move us beyond the "$1.000 pencil. |
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| The focus of the workshop focuses on redesigning existing assignments teachers currently give students. The flow of the two days is to develop capacity to support all six design ideas embedded in the Transformation Questions. Various apps are used to support this work such as Verso and Prism. At the conclusion of the two days educators have created a series of assignments that support their curriculum that they can immediately apply to expand the boundaries of learning for their students. | |||||
| Follow Up Webinar: | |||||
| Effective professional development that impacts student learning ensures that teachers are provided the opportunity to engage with their new skills/knowledge and then reflect on their practice. After this weekend's conference with Alan November, he will provide a webinar for participants to share the impact of this weekend's "takeaways" in addition to reconnecting with participants from workshop. | |||||
| Presenters Profile: | |||||
| Alan November is an international leader in education technology. He began his career as an oceanography teacher and dorm counselor at an island reform school for boys in Boston Harbor. He has been director of an alternative high school, computer coordinator, technology consultant, and university lecturer. He has helped schools, governments and industry leaders improve the quality of education through technology. Audiences enjoy Alan's humor and wit as he pushes the boundaries of how to improve teaching and learning. His areas of expertise include planning across curriculum, staff development, new school design, community building and leadership development. He has delivered keynotes and workshops in all fifty states, across Canada and throughout the UK, Europe, Asia and Central America. Alan was named one of the nation's fifteen most influential thinkers of the decade by Tech and Learning magazine. His writing includes numerous articles and best-selling books. Alan's most recent book "Who Owns the Learning?" is on the New York Times education best sellers list for 2013. Alan was co-founder of the Stanford Institute for Educational Leadership through Technology and is most proud of being selected as one of the original five national Christa McAuliffe Educators. Each summer Alan leads the Building Learning Communities summer conference with world-class presenters and educators from more than 25 countries. | |||||
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AUD 790/- Closing date 1st March, 2017. AUD 690/- Early Bird offer till 1st December, 2016. |
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| Melbourne | |||||
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| 8:30 am to 3:30 pm Registration at 8.00 am on the 20th March. |
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| Contact: | |||||
| Shonal Agarwal CEO Website: shonal@chaptersinternational.com chaptersinternational@gmail.com Website: www.chaptersinternational.com |
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